“He Didn’t Say ‘No'”

“He Didn’t Say ‘No'” – “Like A Rolling Stone” – Recording

During a difficult two-day preproduction, Dylan struggled to find the essence of the song, which was demoed without success in 3/4 time.

A breakthrough was made when it was tried in a rock music format, and rookie session musician Al Kooper improvised the organ riff for which the track is known.

They started playing it back … after about a verse or two, Bob said to Tom Wilson and says “Hey turn the organ up” … and Tom Wilson said to Bob, “aw man that guy (AL Cooper) is not an organ player, he’s just … and Bob said, “I don’t care, just turn the organ up!” …

“He Didn’t Say ‘No'” – “Like A Rolling Stone” – #1

“Like a Rolling Stone” is a 1965 song by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England. Dylan distilled this draft into four verses and a chorus. “Like a Rolling Stone” was recorded a few weeks later as part of the sessions for the forthcoming album Highway 61 Revisited.

According to review aggregator Acclaimed Music, “Like a Rolling Stone” is the statistically most acclaimed song of all time.